Do I have the right to blame those corporations that lay off workers?

If General Motors lays off a worker that has worked for GM for 20 years, we may be angry because this person has worked for you for 20 years and how dare you get rid of him only because he is not needed anymore!

I would never blame GM, because I don’t think I have the right to. The logic is as follows.

• For the past 20 years, GM gives this worker a secure job and high wage; for the next 20 years, GM decides not to keep him.
• For the past 20 years, I never give this worker a single penny, and I would not be able to give him any in the next 20 years either.
• Between GM and me, very clearly I will be out of my mind if I say GM is more blamable than myself.
• And I think the worker should be grateful more to GM than to any other critics who have never paid him and who only pay lip service. 

Some people see a bottle of water half full as half empty; they only see that GM is not paying this worker in the future, but never appreciate that it is GM that created  and gave him a high wage job in the first place. They didn’t complain when GM gave him this job. They should. After enjoying high wage for 20 years, he certainly loses his ability to adjust to a lower living standard that he truly deserves. In this sense, it is GM’s fault.

They only see that developing countries are stealing jobs from the U.S., but never realize that, before that American workers stole jobs from other human beings in the developing world. They complain that the competition is unfair because American workers certainly cannot live with salary of <5 dollars/hour.  You should learn to! Both you and your fellow workers in developing countries are human beings; If they, with the same level of skill as yours, are earning far less than you do, why do you think you have the right to complain at all. You should actually feel guilty because in the past you stole their jobs; You were the thief, not them.  Now they are just getting back the share they deserve.